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Defence Ministry Clears 248 Astra Missile, 200 for IAF and 48 for Navy

In a major boost to the Indian armed forces, the Defence Ministry has cleared the acquisition of 248 Astra Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles, marking the first acquisition of the indigenous DRDO-developed missiles. Of these missiles, the Navy will get 48 Astra missiles for its MiG-29K fighter jets, while 200 missiles have been acquired for its 33 new Russian fighter planes including 12 Su-30 MKIs and 21 MiG-29s. Proposals worth Rs 38,900 crore have been cleared by the Defence Acquisition Council, of which Rs 31,130 crore would be from the Indian industry. ASTRA is a Beyond Visual Range (BVR) class of Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) system designed to be mounted on fighter aircraft. The missile is designed to engage and destroy highly maneuvering supersonic aircraft. The missile has all-weather day and night capability. The missile is being developed in multiple variants to meet specific requirements. The ASTRA Mk-I Weapon System integrated with SU-30 MkI aircraft is being inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) and can be launched in autonomous and buddy mode of operation with features for Lock-On-Before Launch (LOBL) and Lock-On After Launch (LOAL).
 

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For astra mk2 ,a sfdr based missile will take max. 3-4 years extra time than a dp based missile.for 3-4 year devolopment of a new missile makes no sense.it will be a waste of money and manpower...........I still think dp based mk2 is a myth and mk2 is going to be sfdr based.the initial r&d which started from 2013 was only for the propulsion system and demonstrating the initial success probably in 2017/18 mod. sanctioned full missile devolopment project as astra mk2.But i can't confirm my theory and have to wait some time.anyway if mk2 is dp based drdo should start the testing from 2020.for dp every tech is already in drdo hand.so, there should not be late too much
Few years ago, Astra 2 was discussed as upgraded versNon of Astra mk1 with composite duel pulse motor and better fuel. Mow it is a misty about Astra mk2. However it is in public domain that SFDR will have a maximum range of 340 km while Astra Mk2 is discussed as 160 km range missile.
 
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Few years ago, Astra 2 was discussed as upgraded version of Astra mk1 with composite duel pulse motor and better fuel. Mow it is a misty about Astra mk2. However it is in public domain that SFDR will have a maximum range of 340 km while Astra Mk2 is discussed as 160 km range missile.
Source please....
Sfdr will be a meteor equivalent missile
Does meteor has 300 km range .....
 

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Anyway, in some good news for indigenization and the future preparedness of the
@IAF_MCC
&
@indiannavy
's air wing, the acquisition of *248*
@DRDO_India
developed Astra MK-1 beyond visual range air to air missiles has been approved by the Defence Ministry.
Thank you China and CCP for making this happened otherwise Armed forces favorite game of User trials - User trials will continue till 2030. this missile itself was ready since 2017 but it took PLA to come up to Galwan valley to awake our generals from slumbers. I think China should come to LAC on an annual basis until we become self-sufficient
50 missiles order was a piece of fake news planted by IAF paid journalists.
 

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So this is 3rd order of astra right?

50+200+248
No.
50 LSP order was a fake news
200 was talks but finally, it is happening due to present standoff. 200 for IAF and 48 for Navy. but only God knows when they will be delivered
 

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So, Indian Navy Mig-29K is already integrated or will be integrated with Astra mk1.
How do those Navy MiG's stack up against PAF's best F-16's, with the Astra integrated? If they're more or less on par, that could seriously free up a lot of IAF platforms for China.
 

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Defence Ministry approves procurement of indigenous Astra missiles
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing tensions on the Ladakh border, the defence ministry has approved procurement of weapons and ammunition worth Rs 38,900 crore, including critical home developed systems that will reduce dependence on imports in the coming years and will come as a boost to the defence industry.

The indigenous design and development proposals approved — worth over Rs 20,400 crore — includes the cutting-edge Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missiles (BVRAM) that has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile, which has been successfully tested, will be ordered by both the Air Force and Navy and would replace legacy Russian missiles in the long term.

Sources said that in the first tranche, 248 of the missiles will be ordered to be equipped on the Su 30 MKI and MiG-29K fleets. The Air Force has already made it clear that the Astra will be its mainstay longrange air-to-air missile in future and would be standardised on as many platforms as possible.

The ministry has also given the go ahead for addition of a new Long Range Land Attack Missile Systems, capable of hitting targets at over 1,000 km, for the Navy and Air Force. This will give greater standoff range to the forces and could be equipped onto the future fleet of P-75I submarines that are being procured.

“The equipment are going to be manufactured in India involving Indian defence industry with participation of several MSMEs as prime tier vendors. The indigenous content in some of these projects is up to 80% of the project cost,” the defence ministry said, adding that acquisitions worth Rs 31,130 crore would be carried out from the Indian industry.

This includes a Rs 10,730-crore order to be placed on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to manufacture 12 more Su-30 MKI fighter jets at Nasik. This adds to the 272 fighter jets of the type that have been ordered in several tranches by the Air Force till now. The ministry has also given approval for the procurement of 21 news MiG-29 UPGs from Russia, as well as an upgradation of 59 existing fighter jets of the type for Rs 7,418 crore. These fighter jets are needed to increase the squadron strength
of the Air Force, and are expected to be delivered in a short time frame as they have already been partially built by Russia.
 

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How do those Navy MiG's stack up against PAF's best F-16's, with the Astra integrated? If they're more or less on par, that could seriously free up a lot of IAF platforms for China.
If fired within kill zone, the Astra is quite difficult to shake off in tail chase mode and I would say it has an edge over AIM-120C.

The test results at Balasore were eye popping.

Just hope the production variants don't get fakked up like Akash.
That is where moolah is made and changes hands.

All is well till prototype version.

Unless tested in real combat, we won't know how effective it is.

We dodged all the AIM-120C's fired by PAF on 27th morning and followed it up by downing their F-16.

The Astra pips all the long range Russian AAMs in our inventory.
 

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